Tom Spencer

JULY 15, 2022

On the other end of the spectrum is the life of a graduate student – a potentially unpaid or low-paid worker who is expected to work an endless number of hours per week. This article outlines the differences in time commitments for graduate students versus full-time consultants. Many students, including Ph.D.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Maybe you’ve heard about school consulting projects, strong alumni networks, and classes that can supplement your experience. My goal in this set of articles is to give you key insights into the MBA experience and take you past the typical “surface level” discussions about how an MBA will prepare you for consulting. Final thoughts.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2021

During lectures, students learn new formulas, memorize methods, or practice more advanced techniques. Once a solution is reached, the submission is graded, and the student receives a score on how well they learned and implemented this new skill. To assess more complex skills in a scaled-up manner, students are often assigned projects.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 3, 2023

One of my biggest fears when I first gained an interest in consulting was that I was simply ineligible as a non-business student. For example, you could take classes in statistics, data analysis, or programming, or join a student consulting group or business club. Fortunately, this is not the case.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

OCTOBER 20, 2022

If you haven’t already noticed this trend in your own organization, get ready: a good portion of your workforce will be leaving in the next two to ten years, and they’ll be taking their years of experience and hard-earned talent with them. Creating this mentoring program is in your best interests. Divvy up jobs and hours.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2020

Applications can be a stress inducing process when pursuing a consulting career or opportunities from consulting firms as a student. Especially when you are competing against your peers who offer a diverse pool of skills, experiences, and backgrounds for consulting firms to cherry pick from. Take initiative to engage with firms.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2020

For me, I wanted to leverage my professional experience to help students and professionals looking for employment and help individuals seeking career advice. In my experience, there are two types of mentors: short-term and long-term ones. Reach out to student organizations at your alma mater.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

You might be completing case studies, conducting experiments, and writing lengthy legal reports, all of which will prepare you for your career. If you are an engineer, take a business course; if you are a business student, take a law course. Whether you are studying for your MBA , Ph.D., This focus changes in graduate school.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 29, 2022

They look for several details such as education, previous experience, and goals for the new role in extensive interview processes. One-way employees may be organized for compensation purposes is through their role. One-way employees may be organized for compensation purposes is through their role. Compensation.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It combines organic relationship-building as well as the pursuit of a logical end-goal. By engaging with professionals and being proactive in learning about their experiences, work dynamics, and company culture, aspiring consultants can make informed decisions about which firms align best with their career goals and personal values.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. The work environment is extremely fast-paced and challenging, especially for graduates without much formal work experience.

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Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 20, 2021

While this isn’t typically problematic for simple interactions – such as discovering the answer to an FAQ came from a chatbot and not an employee of an organization – it is troubling in the land of education. Online courses that lack the human element can harm the learning experience. Add a Personal Touch. Create Space for Community.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 16, 2023

One of my first not-so-fun memories associated with the social facilitation audience effect came from an experience I had when I was eight. While this sheet music is elementary, it was challenging for a first-year piano student. This experience taught me that I played better in private. I was never a great student.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 11, 2022

One benefit of being a freshman is that people expect you to be curious about the different career paths and experiences ahead of you. Take some time to list out any leadership experiences you have had, initiatives you have started, jobs you have held, and clubs you have been a part of. Stay organized by writing it all down.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2018

Before the recruiting process begins candidates work hard to polish their resumes, prepare for case interviews, gain professional experience, and participate in extracurricular activities to distinguish themselves from the rest. organizations that pair you with pro-bono opportunities, like Taproot or Catchafire ). If not sign up!)

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2022

Organizations are all about the people working in them. An incredible aspect of interning at an organization is being team members with accomplished business leaders. The organization you are working with has done the work of putting like-minded students in the same internship program. Research Team Members.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 4, 2022

As an advanced degree student, I will share my experiences applying for jobs with an engineering Ph.D. While STEM majors traditionally do well due to their strong mathematical background, humanities and social science doctoral students can also be hired. Key Firm Differences. While these firms all hire Ph.D.’s

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

If you are a current student and are interested in consulting, chances are you are familiar with your school’s consulting club. However, beyond just interacting with the club as a general member, I believe that being an executive of the club can be a very fulfilling and valuable experience.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 4, 2024

What sets a data-driven organization apart? Data-driven organizations are better equipped to make decisions and take the right actions. Recent evidence suggests that the percentage of data-driven organizations recently doubled, an increase greater than at any time before. Evidence suggests better revenue and customer value.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Recruiters are assessing your background, your project experience, and your ability to fit into the company. I urge you to write down 5 meaningful recent experiences you have gone through. Once you have a list of past experiences, it is time to develop structured stories that communicate your experiences and learnings.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 11, 2017

But today, we’re here to answer one specific question: do undergrad clubs/experiences matter on your consulting resume? Experienced hires : You may be surprised to learn that in the management consulting industry, anyone with 2+ years of work experience is considered an experienced hire. Were you nerdy and in the Math Club?

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

3,000 students go to the football game to watch 20 of their peers play. This opens the door to the question, “why not organize the other people who don’t have anything to do at night and give them something to do?” Lots of people go to the beach but very few get in the water.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In order to give you a thorough and objective description, I surveyed several of my class peers and combined their opinions and experiences in order to share with you four key lessons learned outside the classroom during an MBA. At George Washington, we had an elective class called “Leading Teams” which most students chose to enroll in.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Most firms also hire students from ‘non-core schools’, but these are usually a small minority of campus hires. Students from non-core schools often get hired via an internal referral, as the result of winning a case competition, or via an alternative recruiting channel. Recommended Research. Final Thoughts.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

It can also be used by interviewers to remind candidates to identify all the key information needed to assess a candidate's career experiences. Let me explain what each of these 6 factors mean: 1) PROBLEM -- What is the problem you or your organization faced? d) I researched how the other student organizations raised money.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 24, 2019

Once upon a time, I viewed management consulting as the overly mainstream career pathway that legions of graduate students of all stripes were pursuing. It just seemed way too traditional, something that was the “it” thing to do for graduate students since Mitt Romney’s time in the 1970s. My career outlook hasn’t changed since then.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

By creating an ecosystem, a business can funnel start-ups and small businesses to its core service, and create a one-stop-shop experience. Alternatively, an accounting software company might offer additional services that cover legal incorporation, logo design, CRM, inventory management, and invoicing.

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UPD Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The experience is profoundly confusing while also deeply human; it’s messy, just like life. For all of us, this new frontier in education requires more involvement, more guidance, more ideas from everyone outside of the school walls - parents, community members, local businesses, community based organizations, etc.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 28, 2023

Just this past week, I received several requests to share my stories with researchers—as if my experience was research. Some of these researchers are graduate students. It's not even taking the experiences you had, finding evidence that they work or do not work, and using your experiences for your writing.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

In this post, we will explore 3 questions that many students have about consulting: What does consulting mean? For instance, financial consultants provide advice to organizations on financial matters. HR consultants may also be brought in by organizations to help transform the business culture or transform the HR department.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 8, 2020

Dear University Student Seeking to Enter Consulting, Let’s be honest. Pursue opportunities to grow your professional experience. However, something like teaching English remotely to students in Korea or doing some website development work for an e-commerce vendor in Ireland would definitely be fine. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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On the Brink Podcast

MARCH 23, 2020

Peter and I know each other from our experiences working with a Michigan client and The Simon Initiative for Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Hear innovative teambuilding strategies to get work done! Louis region. We were excited to talk on our podcast about data analytics for workers.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 2, 2021

You might attend conferences for an organization, society, or research area to meet new people. This shift in the way that events are organized might last longer than the pandemic. Start by building your profile, adding your current position, education, experiences, and skills. How do you normally go about networking?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

It is always easier to apply with a higher GPA, and consulting firms give offers to students from all majors and backgrounds. Some interns I met weren’t heavily involved in business related activities, but held leadership positions in the clubs and organizations that they cared about. The same advice applies for campus involvement.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 12, 2022

As a young professional eager for professional experience, you may want to explore marketing related opportunities. Organizations are always testing new mediums to communicate with their target market. Zuhair Imaduddin is a labor relations student at Cornell University. Developing Digital Marketing Media.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 24, 2022

In this course I share several case studies from my experiences of managing through crises as an Interim Executive Director. I also talk about organizations that seemed all but doomed, and how they rebuilt to be stronger than ever. And one organization that went into bankruptcy, and what factors led to that fateful decision.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

These touchpoints are opportunities to update your manager with progress, get questions answered, and learn more about the organization. A simple way to stay organized is to store your meeting plans and notes in one location, whether it be an ongoing Microsoft Word Document or One Note tab. Learning about the organization and industry.

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